Do you hate white people and the police so much that want to show the world how you feel without saying a word? Well, now you can after students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison started selling hoodies online that strike just the right divisive tone and balance, displaying the phrase “ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACIST”.
“Racism,” as stated in the page’s description, “is a set of systematic, institutional, cultural, and epistemological (although not limited to said forms) structures that inherently empowers white folk and in turn disempowers people of color. This power dictates who lives, have housing, access to education/healthcare etc. Racism has little to do with hatred and mostly to do with who has power.”
The description continued, “White folk or those who see themselves as white are given said power inherently regardless of socioeconomic class, education etc. This is why white men created race in the first place–to maintain power. Racism gave birth to the idea of race. This is a oversimplified definition.”
While the original photo was taken down by Facebook for not meeting community standards, as reported by Campus Reform, but the description of the post, made by Eneale Pickett, including the link to sell the various sweatshirts remained.
In fact, one of the hoodies being sold suggested violence against police officers, saying “If I Encounter Another Cop With A God Complex I’m Going To Have To Show The World That They Are Human”.
Since the post went up, Pickett has received a plethora of racially charged messages:
While it’s indefensible for Pickett to receive such racial abuse, making a sweatshirt slogan saying “All white people are racist” and promote violence against the police isn’t really opening any channels for unity, tolerance, and acceptance.
